West Coast District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	497 394	436 403	391 766
Population under 15	23.4%	25.9%	25.5%
Population 15 to 64	69.4%	68.3%	68.5%
Population over 65	7.1%	5.8%	6.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	44.1	46.5	45.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.7	99.0	98.6
Population Growth
Per annum	2.32%	2.45%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	14.6%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	19.9%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	2.6%	3.8%	5.4%
Matric	n/a	29.1%	23.7%
Higher education	9.8%	7.6%	7.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	150 840	129 862	106 780
Average household size	3.3	3.4	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	32.8%	30.2%
Formal dwellings	87.6%	85.8%	87.9%
Housing owned	n/a	63.3%	52.4%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	94.5%	85.2%	87.3%
Weekly refuse removal	84.0%	83.4%	76.5%
Piped water inside dwelling	86.3%	79.9%	78.7%
Electricity for lighting	95.6%	93.8%	94.4%

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West Coast District Municipality (DC1)

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